The price tag for all these fixes: $77 billion, in current dollars. The money comes either from taxes or tolls.

It’s interesting to note a lot of that money comes from the Metropolitan Transit Authority, though a quarter of its sales tax collections fund local street repairs. Based on the spending plan, transit receives about $32 billion over the long term, including $4.7 billion in projects related to major transit upgrades such as new light rail lines and commuter transit.

That leaves a lot of road projects, something people pushing for more transit have fretted about since the last regional plan was passed four years ago. As the region grows, planners and transit backers have said Houston-area workers will likely rely on more transit rather than continue to drive alone to various job centers.

Right now freeways make up a small portion of our roads, but a large portion of where miles are traveled, according to area travel surveys and data included in the regional transportation plan.Major city streets make up more than half the region’s roads.

Sure, 2040 is a long way away, but the projects listed become reality, or not, much sooner. The population is growing, and the planning being done now is guiding how Houston will combat congestion — or more specifically how Houston will do what it can to prevent congestion from becoming much worse as more people live in the area.